@return2ozma to Uplifting NewsEnglish • 18 hours agoFDA moves to cut nicotine from cigarettes, in plan first floated under Trumpwww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square19arrow-up172arrow-down112cross-posted to: news
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkFDA moves to cut nicotine from cigarettes, in plan first floated under Trumpwww.cbsnews.com@return2ozma to Uplifting NewsEnglish • 18 hours agomessage-square19cross-posted to: news
minus-square@DroggelbecherlinkEnglish12•16 hours agoMaybe it’ll make more people choose smokeless tobacco, which is nowhere near as (but still quite) unhealthy? But yeah this seems paradoxical, nicotine is the least of your worries if you smoke cigarettes.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•15 hours agoNicotine is the chemical that gets you hooked and there is a reason birds in cities have been observed using them to line their nests to protect against mites.
minus-square@ch00flinkEnglish4•9 hours agoI mean not the best argument against nicotine, plants make all kinds of wacky stuff to deter pests that we eat up. Capsaicin, caffeine, etc.
Maybe it’ll make more people choose smokeless tobacco, which is nowhere near as (but still quite) unhealthy?
But yeah this seems paradoxical, nicotine is the least of your worries if you smoke cigarettes.
Nicotine is the chemical that gets you hooked and there is a reason birds in cities have been observed using them to line their nests to protect against mites.
I mean not the best argument against nicotine, plants make all kinds of wacky stuff to deter pests that we eat up. Capsaicin, caffeine, etc.